JD and Suzy welcome back Jolly Good Ginger to talk about the recent killings committed by cops and the lack of accountability in the justice system. Jolly Good Ginger has millions of followers who listen to his words and rants about racism.  Born in the mountains of North Carolina, Jolly was raised not just around racists, but by them.  He talks to white people about owning racism and what they can do about it.  He has become a huge internet sensation.  Since we’ve seen him last he has had his own TED talk and lots more in the works. 

What You Will Hear:

• Update on Jolly’s life since he was last on the show
• TED Talk
• AFTP (Always For The People) and The Families United
• Defensive barriers and speaking the truth
• Melissa Lucio death row
• Jimmy Atchison
• Patrick Lyoya
• Police training and reactions
• The trauma and aftermath
• Systemic propaganda: the crack epidemic
• Creating change and activism
• How Jolly wants to change the narrative in the next 5 years.
• Debating solutions not debating problems.

Quotes:

“I really felt like they knew it was a problem but it was too much to fix.”

“There’s no time out when the color of your skin is seen as a weapon.”

“Cops are reacting thinking that everything is a threat to their life and so they think they’re saving their own life, no, you’re just killing people.”

“As long as we’re training cops across the country that they’re always in danger, then this will always be the result.”

“In this country if you call yourself a patriot and you are ok with extra judicial killings when cops murder civilians, then you’re not a constitutionalist, your not a patriot, you’re a fascist.”

“The fact is, drug sentencing was created to target black people.”

“Without revolutionary change nothing changes.”

“If everyobody was debating solutions and nobody was debating problems we’d solve them all.”

Mentioned:

Valentina Orellana-Peralta

Daniel Lopez

Melissa Lucio

Jimmy Atchinson

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